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What about 'chapel clergy'?

Rosemary Hayes

From: Laura Jacobus <[log in to unmask]>;
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Subject: Re: [M-R] Fwd: Fw: [M-R] Fwd: chapels and chaplaincies
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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Thanks.  Sounds like I may have to go for the horribly clunky 'altar-team'.  Have been toying with 'altar-triad' but it conjures up images of medieval Chinese mafiosi. 'Chapel' according to    SOD includes the choir, and I need a term that's restricted to priest, (sub-)deacon and server, as that's how they are described in the relevant documents. Feel free to keep those suggestions coming!

all best

Laura
On 26 February 2013 22:28, John Briggs <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture

Actually, it was standard terminology to refer to the *whole team* of
clerics (including the choir) as the "chapel" (household chapel,
chapel royal.)

In architectural terms, it is easier in French: "La Chapelle Royale"
was the building, "La Chapelle du Roi" were the personnel.

John Briggs

On 26/02/2013, Laura Jacobus <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Ha!  Someone else who can't resist a digression!  Thanks.
>
> Actually, it would be very helpful if anyone knows of another word I could
> use to describe the 'team' that celebrates/serves at the altar. Rosemary
> sounds right in calling it a 'chapel' but in the context of the
> architectural history I'm writing (correction- trying and failing to write)
> its too confusing to use 'chapel' for the building, 'chapel' for the altars
> in subsidiary spaces in the building, and 'chapel' for the people in the
> chapels within the chapel.
>
> Annoyingly, the Arena Chapel in Padua (which is my subject) isn't a quite a
> chapel but a church, but I can't fight more than a century of
> historiography so am stuck with the name.

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